Add an automatically updated chapter number – Adobe InDesign CS4 User Manual
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USING INDESIGN CS4
Layout
Add page, section, and chapter numbering
Determine what kind of numbering you want to use for your document or book. For long documents, you can assign
chapter numbers. Each document can be assigned only one chapter number. If you want to use different numbering
within a document, you can define ranges of pages as sections; these sections can be numbered differently. For
example, the first ten pages of a document (the front matter) might use Roman numerals, and the rest of the document
might use Arabic numerals.
A single InDesign document can contain up to 9,999 pages, but page numbers can be as large as 99,999. (For example,
you can correctly number a 100-page document that starts on page 9,949.) By default, the first page is a recto (right)
page numbered
1. Odd-numbered pages always appear on the right; if you use the Section Options command to
change the first page number to an even number, the first page becomes a verso (left) page.
See also
Number pages, chapters, and paragraphs in a book
Add an automatically updated page number
For information on creating basic page numbering in a document, see “
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Position the insertion point where you want the page number to appear, and then choose Type > Insert Special
Character
> Markers > Current Page Number.
The Current Page Number marker is also available in a context menu. To see the context menu, position the text
insertion point in the page number text frame, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS), and choose Insert
Special Character
> Markers > Current Page Number.
By default, pages are numbered using Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3...); however, you can number pages using upper or
lowercase Roman (i, ii, iii...) or alphanumeric (a, b, c...) numbering. You can also number pages using preceding zeros.
Note: If a number or letter appears before the current page number you inserted, it means a section prefix is included. If
you don’t want this prefix, deselect Include Prefix When Numbering Pages in the Numbering & Section Options dialog box.
Add an automatically updated chapter number
You can add a chapter number variable to your document. Like page numbers, chapter numbers can be updated
automatically and formatted and styled as text. A chapter number variable is commonly used in documents that are
part of a book. A document can have only one chapter number assigned to it; if you want to divide a single document
into chapters, you can create sections instead.
Note: Chapter numbers cannot be included as a prefix in a generated index or table of contents (such as 1-3, 1-4, and so
on). If you want chapter numbers to be included as prefixes, use section prefixes instead of chapter numbers.
1 If necessary, create a text frame where you want a chapter number to appear. If you want a chapter number to
appear on several pages, create the text frame on a master page, and apply that master page to the document pages.
2 In the chapter number text frame, add any text that will come before or after the chapter number.
3 Place the insertion point where you want the chapter number to appear, and then choose Type > Text Variables
>
Insert Text Variable
> Chapter Number.
You can update the starting number and format of chapter numbering by choosing Layout > Numbering & Section
Options.
Updated 18 June 2009